According to The Hill momentum is building for a Fairness Doctrine to regulate talk radio.
House Republican lawmakers are preparing to fight anticipated Democratic efforts to regulate talk radio by reviving rules requiring stations to balance conservative hosts such as Rush Limbaugh with liberals such as Al Franken.
Believe it or not, talk radio is an industry and radio stations largely do not have an ideological bias. Conservative talk radio gets better ratings than Liberal talk radio. Case in point:
liberal talk radio has not proved itself to be as profitable as conservative radio. Air America, the liberal counterpunch to conservative talk radio, filed for bankruptcy in October.
Let the market regulate who gets on the radio, not legislation. If Liberal talk show hosts can emerge with the ratings necessary to thrive, all power to them. But, ridding on the coattails of Conservative talk radio is anything but fair.
